ANNOUNCE: VLC 0.5.0 "sleep is for weenies"
- From: Samuel Hocevar <sam zoy org>
- To: gnome-announce-list gnome org
- Subject: ANNOUNCE: VLC 0.5.0 "sleep is for weenies"
- Date: Mon, 3 Feb 2003 14:54:57 -0500 (EST)
Application
===========
VLC 0.5.0 "sleep is for weenies"
Description
===========
VLC (VideoLAN Client) is a multimedia player for GNOME or
Gtk+. It can play movie files (MPEG 1/2/4, Ogg/Vorbis, DivX,
DV, WMA...) all existing DVDs with navigation support, as
well as network streams.
Enhancements in core structure
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* object structure which allows for full re-entrancy, known as libvlc
* new audio output architecture based on filter pipelines, providing
S/PDIF and multi-channel support
* localization support via gettext on most architectures
* new stream output architecture, allowing to use VLC to unicast,
multicast or broadcast a stream to another VLC (only MPEG 1, 2 and 4
and A/52 streams are supported)
* build system now uses autoconf/automake/autopoint
Input access
============
* mms:// support
* ftp:// support
* stability fixes in the HTTP access
* auto-detection of RTP encapsulation
* VCD entry points support
* VCD image file support
Input demux
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* support for *.asf format
* improved support for *.avi, especially over an HTTP connection
* support for *.mp4 and *.mov format
* support for ogg encapsulation
* support for raw DV format
* support for *.wav format
* new demuxdump demux allowing to save a stream to a file
* raw AAC support
Stream discovery & playlists
============================
* support for the SAP/SDP and SLP protocols
* support for .m3u file format
* support for .asx file format
* hack to find the streaming sources in html-pages with embedded wmp
Codecs
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* support for the microdvd, subrip, ssa1, ssa2-4 subtitles file formats
(only available with the .avi demux)
* support for ADPCM audio codec
* support for raw PCM data
* support for Cinepak video codec
* support for DV video codec via libdv or ffmpeg
* support for AAC audio codec via libfaad2
* support for Xvid codec
* support for Xiph.org's Vorbis audio codec
* support for Xiph.org's Tremor audio codec (when compiling from
sources)
* support for Xiph.org's Tarkin and Theora video codecs (when compiling
from sources)
* new codecs supported by latest ffmpeg versions: WMV, WMA, SVQ 1,
H263,
H263i, MJPEG A/B
* fixed an endianness bug in LPCM codec
DVD support
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* experimental preliminary support for DVD menus via libdvdplay
Miscellaneous
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* all interfaces allow to dynamically change the volume, the audio
device and the channels configuration
* headphone channel mixer with virtual spatialization effect
* Mozilla plugin based on libvlc for embedded playback in webpages of
any
format that VLC can play
* new swedish translation
* updated french, german, dutch and italian translations
* OSS and ALSA audio output modules support A/52 over S/PDIF output
* OSS support for multi-channel (up to 6) analog sound cards
Download
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http://www.videolan.org/vlc/
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